Ecolab reviews

3.5

65% would recommend to a friend

(5,094 total reviews)
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Christophe Beck

73% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Ecolab has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 5,094 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Ecolab employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufactura industry (3.5 stars).

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5K reviews
3.0
Mar 22, 2017

No work life balance, poor time off policies

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Basically all the financial stuff. Pay, company vehicle, company phone, corporate headquarters in St. Paul, Minnesota has very kind people to talk to, flexible schedule, good 401k program with matching, company with high reputation, stocks growing.

Cons

Health insurance is quite expensive. No work life balance. Company expects that work is everything. Compared with other large companies very very poor time off policy. No sick days off. Required to use vacation time as sick time. And then when you can actually take a vacation, customers still call and email you. There is this underlying feeling in the company to not take vacation . Like you are going to miss something.

3.0
Oct 6, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The only one left that has a workforce in place to deliver on customer promises.

Cons

Over promises on customer delivery, no checks and balances on work hours/territory. Some territories will be white-knuckled, can-they-finish monthly visits, etc. month after month, with overnight travel--while some territories will never travel, and look for things to do 1 week of every month. Both territories are the same pay scale. Corporate account managers are absolutely CLUELESS about sales. They are by and large YES men (no women), only there to say "whatever you want," with no consideration for company cost in time and/or field personnel. They have no advancement to other positions procedure in place. You might well be suited to a better position, but that would require your immediate supervisor to have to fill your position. So the position you sign up for, be prepared for it to be a for-life position.

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